Just six weeks earlier, this old cargo Jumbo literally lost its No 1 engine over Lake Michigan, which reminds us of the 1992 crash of El Al's 4X-AXG into an apartment block in Amsterdam.

Aceelerating from the full length of rw24. The 3000m distance given is for a/c departing from this link.

This early 747 was originally intended for Braniff but went instead to Wardair in April 1973. It was eventually broken up at Manston as TF-ABO in November 1999.

Pictured taxying onto stand operating a holiday charter for Aviaco.

G-AWNH was flown into storage at Albuquerque and scrapped in 2014.

G-AWNF was sold in Nigeria as 5N-JJJ in 2001.

The JT9D engines on a 747-100 look positively puny these days.

G-AWNB was broken up in 1999 at Roswell, New Mexico.

N607US was withdrawn from use in 1994 and broken up at Greenwood in 1998.

This Luxuryliner was delivered to American Airlines October 8, 1970. The aircraft was a movie star when it appeared in the film Airport 77. Leased to Braniff Airlines for one month (October to November) in 1978 to start their new Hawaii service. Finally sold to Citicorp Leasing in May 1984, it would see service with National, Air Afrique, Iran Air, Cargolux and then bought by United Airlines in January 1988. The classic jumbo was retired on September 1999 and stored at Las Vegas, NV. Ferried to Greenwood, MS early in 200, the classic 747 was parted out over the next two years, then scrapped.

Smokey touchdown on Rwy 16L. Nice to catch the JAL 747SRs - not that many of them about anymore.

Freighters don't need to be kept as pristine as passenger aircraft but seeing N654PA trundling past cannot have been good for the whole Pan Am brand. In 1983 it was sold to Flying Tigers as N817FT.

N659PA was reregistered N609FF in August 1993.

This venerable old girl is pictured about to touch down on rw24R as N347SW waits for release on the left.